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Zambory said she has spoken with Health Minister Paul Merriman, requesting eligibility be extended to health-care workers who are not already eligible, arguing the variant could exacerbate a shortage of workers if a large number are forced to self-isolate.
“We have to be able to get some release in the system to be able to manage the health-care needs that are in front of us right now,” she said.
Her comments came a day after the Saskatchewan Medical Association, which represents the province’s doctors, issued a statement warning that the government’s refusal to tweak its vaccine plan “will result in more lost lives and long-term illness due to COVID-19, and put non-COVID patients at even greater risk given delays in the services and care they need.”
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REGINA The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is urging the government to pivot from their age-based vaccine strategy and immediately vaccinate all essential workers, including healthcare workers who have not yet received their first dose. SMA president Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz said she is “gravely concerned” about the government’s refusal to veer off course from the current approach. In a press release, Dr. Konstantynowicz said it will lead to more COVID-19 deaths and will result in healthcare delays for non-COVID patients. “They need to be vaccinated immediately. Failure to do so jeopardizes the safety of physicians and health-care workers, as well as police officers, teachers, grocery workers, and others who are on the front line and are most at risk,” said Dr. Konstantynowicz.
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Saskatchewan will stick to its age-based COVID-19 vaccine rollout for now, provincial officials said Wednesday, despite calls to give essential workers the shot ahead of schedule.
“That will do nothing but slow down any vaccination plan, including ours in Saskatchewan,” Premier Scott Moe said after a call with Canada’s first ministers.